Have you been wondering what’s going on with Tori? On March 6th, he made a state visit to the CARE office. It was the first visit since last July, when the then new President Jae-In Moon adopted rescue-dog Tori from CARE. The visit was scheduled as part of our adoption follow-up process to check how Tori has been doing at the Blue House. It’s been 7 months, and Tori looked bright and full of...

It was November when we received an email from a foreigner living in Yongsan, Seoul. The informant reported that an elderly man living in the basement of the same building beat his dog every night with a bat. The neighborhood could hear the dog’s cries of pain late at night. There’s an old man who beats his dog every night. I’m worried the dog might die! The informant had previously reported the...

An urgent report came in from a village in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea in December. The report was about two dogs, one with one-eye, and the other bloodstained, left tied up on short leashes. We receive this type of report several times a day, but this one especially caught our attention. The leashes were limiting the dogs’ movement; they could only take a few steps, and they were...

In October 2017, we received a report that a PC room (A PC room is like an Internet cafe, but without the cafe.) owner was repeatedly abusing a kitten. In the video we were sent, the kitten was beaten, hit with objects, and even trampled by the man. The kitten was being terribly abused and was completely unprotected. We immediately set out to rescue the kitten, which the owner tried to hide. We...

In the heat of early August at the start of summer, we received numerous reports and photos of animals in distress. On such a hot day, animals are being displayed in a parking lot. Those animals are showing abnormal behavior. Flies are gathering on the feces. The place was a museum called Dalasil in Chuncheon, a city about one and a half hours drive north-west of Seoul. We went to the scene to...

In Singil-dong, Seoul, there was a man who purchased unsold dogs from the dog auction and resold them. We could immediately recognize the house because of the obnoxious smell that filled the street. When we went to the second floor, we found the old man’s dogs. When we uncovered the big pile of rice bags in front of the entrance, we found mobile wire crates stacked up high. They were used...

While investigating the conditions at Moran Market, an infamous dog-meat market in Seoul, we came across Kodol-yi. He was alone in a rusty cage, looked to be about two to three months old, and wasn’t in a good condition. He couldn’t stand on the mesh floor of the cage without his legs slipping through, so he was sitting in his food bowl, and looked utterly miserable. Rescued from Moran Market We...

Gucci, one of the most recognizable fashion brands in the world, has declared its intention to go Fur Free. On November 11th 2017, Marco Bizzarri, CEO of Gucci, announced that, starting next year, the brand would stop using animal fur in their products, and would join the Fur Free Alliance. Being socially responsible is one of Gucci’s core values, and we will continue to strive to do better for...

Taeji, the last performing dolphin at Seoul Grand Park, who was captured in the cove of Taiji in 2008, was transferred to Pacific Land on Jeju Island on June 20th 2017 to be fostered. Seoul City and Seoul Grand Park rushed Taeji into foster care for two reasons; extreme abnormal behavior from Taeji, and necessary maintenance work on the aquarium. When the Ulsan Jangsaengpo Special Whale Culture...

Gen Lin, founder of WDA Our international conference for banning dog meat consumption, titled ‘Dog Meat Free Korea 2017,’ was held in the National Assembly Library, Seoul on November 24th. The conference was the first of its kind discussing legislation on banning dog meat, and over two hundred people including a dozen speakers from various animal rights groups from the inside and outside Korea...